Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 29, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2023-50433

Description

marshall in dhcp_packet.c in simple-dhcp-server through ec976d2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malicious DHCP packet. The crash is caused by a type confusion bug that results in a large memory allocation; when this memory allocation fails the DHCP server will crash.

Affected products

simple-dhcp-server/simple-dhcp-serverllm-fuzzy
Range: <= ec976d2

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

papers.mathyvanhoef.com/esorics2024.pdfnvd

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